The Norwegian’s goalscoring feats have become so vast they hardly need chronicling, but at least he’s now doing it with a smile With 27 minutes gone, and Manchester City 1-0 up, Erling Haaland did an extraordinary and also very funny thing. Strolling with feigned disinterest away from a free‑kick in...
Champions League roundup: Club Brugge hold Barcelona in six-goal thriller
Inter maintain perfect start with win over Kairat Almaty Pafos beat Villarreal to earn first Champions League win Barcelona had to settle for a share of the spoils at Club Brugge after a thrilling 3-3 draw but were fortunate the English referee Anthony Taylor ruled out Romeo Vermant’s stoppage-time effort...
‘It is very hard for us’: Maccabi Tel Aviv aim to give absent fans reason to smile
Fans banned from attending match at Aston Villa Police granted section 60 stop-and-search powers The Maccabi Tel Aviv midfielder Issouf Sissokho urged his teammates to make their supporters smile against Aston Villa, after away fans were banned from the politically charged Europa League match on Thursday. The Israeli club’s fans...
Who is Joe Marler? From hair-raising rugby antics to breakout star of Celebrity Traitors
Viewers have been won over by the quick-witted and quirky former England international. But do they all know about the groin-grabbing and that ‘horse’ of his? It’s difficult to know where to begin with a not-so-quick guide to Celebrity Traitors’ breakout star, Joe Marler. The BBC series has introduced a...
Burn and Joelinton use their heads to give Newcastle win over Bilbao
Newcastle needed that. They have won six of their past eight games, which might sound like an impressive run of form, but their defeat at West Ham on Sunday was wretched enough to raise all manner of doubts. Three successive Champions League wins, though, all without conceding, means they probably...
Garnacho spares Chelsea shock Champions League loss at Qarabag
Chelsea’s precision is nowhere to be seen when Enzo Maresca rings the changes. Chaos tends to set in whenever the Italian tries to freshen things up by making use of a deep but raw squad and he is unlikely to be in a rush to rotate again in the Champions...
Pat Cummins targets return in second Ashes Test but doubts remain beyond Brisbane
Australia captain is on track to feature at Gabba next month But paceman may need to rest during final three Tests Australia captain Pat Cummins is back bowling multiple overs on a reduced run-up and has targeted returning to the team for the second Ashes Test against England, a day-nighter...
AI study gives insights into why super-recognisers excel at identifying faces
Research uses eye-tracking data to examine some people’s extraordinary recognition ability They have been used in the search for the Salisbury novichok poisoners, finding murder suspects and even spotting sexual predators. Now, research has revealed fresh insights into why super-recognisers are so good at identifying faces. Previous research has suggested...
‘Vibe coding’ beats ‘clanker’ to be Collins dictionary’s word of the year
AI-inspired word joins ‘biohacking’, ‘Henry’ and ‘broligarchy’ on tech-heavy 2025 list “Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using artificial intelligence, has been named Collins dictionary’s word of the year for 2025. Lexicographers at Collins monitor the 24bn-word Collins Corpus, which draws from a...
Trump reverses course to renominate billionaire Musk ally to lead Nasa
President withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination in May but says on Truth Social he is ‘ideally suited’ for top role Donald Trump has renewed his nomination for the billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become Nasa administrator. “This evening, I am pleased to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist,...